Unusual Trash problem - HELP!

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PeteQ

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Powermac G5 Dual 1.8, OSx 10.4.4

I am the only user so I am automatically logged in as Admin user.

Just noticed recently that I cannot open the Trash folder from the Dock or anywhere else for that matter. I can drop an item into the trash no problem. And said item shows in the Trash via Spotlight but I cannot access the Trash folder no matter what to see what is in there or to retrieve something. I have tried the "Reveal In Finder" on a dropped item via Spotlight and all that happens is the Finder momentarily flickers but no window opens OR a random Finder window opens. I have run Disk Utility and Disk Warrior to repair permissions, etc. with no apparent effect. I have also tried using Terminal (from single-user boot) to make sure the Trash is empty (it appears to be as when I did that I can see that my overall disk space changes to reflect the trash being emptied).

Any ideas? It's like the Dock and Finder have "lost" the Trash folder.


Pete
 
Hello, I don't know if this will help but here goes.
Looking at my Mac Mini (also running 10.4.4), I believe that the trash icon you see in the GUI relates to directories in the file system: ~/.Trash and /.Trashes. On my system, the first has permissions 'drwx------', the second 'd-wx-wx-wt' (see 'man sticky' for an explanation of the 't'). I'd suggest you see if .Trash is still there, or look at its permissions.
 
Yeah, I'm not a UNIX guy... I tried getting the basic commands and navigating to the trash and all but couldn't get how to show permissions for the directory, etc... Totally frustrating...

I CAN see the .Trash directory under my user name in terminal and when using Preview's open dialogue with the Cmd-Shift-G "Go to Folder" and can see files in there, but cannot open or access them in any way. I also cannot simply open the Trash folder from the Dock.
 
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